176
176
Dec 29, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 176
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> we have more money so -- >> we might be better off staying out of washington -- yes -- and getting out there with more events more often. >> there's nothing we can do to change what people think of our candidates. it is pretty well decided what they think of the credit card which can be shaped his republican challenger. percentage wise, they prefer him in the ratio. he has the ability to grow and get momentum parwe want to impre his favor \ ability. ability. >> especially if they are #ávtt(r"ed. a lot of undecided might come over to him. >> this would make sense to increase his favorability. >> if you look at the generic ballot, it is 42%-45% for our district and a book of the individual ballot, it is 36%. >> we will ignore that pat barrepath. >> it will show that what he did for the district. >> jolly and checking, ribbon cutting, and all that. he will do the kind of stuff. [genral chatter] >> he got 53% of the general vote but there was the landslide area. should we say that he has work to do or should we run generic? >> i don't think we bring in up to the end of the moderate >>
. >> we have more money so -- >> we might be better off staying out of washington -- yes -- and getting out there with more events more often. >> there's nothing we can do to change what people think of our candidates. it is pretty well decided what they think of the credit card which can be shaped his republican challenger. percentage wise, they prefer him in the ratio. he has the ability to grow and get momentum parwe want to impre his favor \ ability. ability. >>...
185
185
Dec 13, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 185
favorite 0
quote 0
i spend a lot of time on the telephone with three or four people up in olympia, washington, who also does the editing on the books. our business operations are run right here in petrolia by becky grant and david wheeler, incredibly efficiency of course. counterpunch books, we started thinking we were publishing things in the internet web and wanted to keep on the form. our stuff on the counterpunch site doesn't go away. it's somewhere in the of fast sort of black hole of or in print communications. probably some government archive, god help people who have to go through it. but we thought we wanted to put them in hard covers. we began with a book called the politics of anti-semitism because we had done a bunch of articles about critical israel that he wore an anti-semite, which is actually nonsense and we thought it was important -- it was a successful book actually, and we do our books in association with ak press, a bunch of pretty well organized anarchist's down and oakland, and ak looks after a lot of the bookshop -- looks after the bookshop distribution. we also sell the books o
i spend a lot of time on the telephone with three or four people up in olympia, washington, who also does the editing on the books. our business operations are run right here in petrolia by becky grant and david wheeler, incredibly efficiency of course. counterpunch books, we started thinking we were publishing things in the internet web and wanted to keep on the form. our stuff on the counterpunch site doesn't go away. it's somewhere in the of fast sort of black hole of or in print...
280
280
Dec 26, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 280
favorite 0
quote 0
welcome to the "washington journal." caller: yes. thank you. first i think it's ironic that all the black people calling this morning are calling sailing they are for racial profiling. but the ma sod, we were attacked because of our support of israel and the palestinians. host: christine, do you have any evidence of that? caller: yes, look at the 9/11 commission reports. now it's they are writing bills right and left because they have a strangal hold on both parties of congress. host: we're going to leave it there. she is starting to go off the rail. on our line for independents. go ahead. caller: you can look at what motivated highjackers at american highjack.com. host: in o'needa our line for democrats. caller: good morning. we're talking on the subject of hometown grill off here and all the things -- home homeland security we've learned we really haven't done no such secure this country. now i wonder if you're aware of executive order 12425 signed by your president last week that to me, we're going in the wrong direction. this executive orde
welcome to the "washington journal." caller: yes. thank you. first i think it's ironic that all the black people calling this morning are calling sailing they are for racial profiling. but the ma sod, we were attacked because of our support of israel and the palestinians. host: christine, do you have any evidence of that? caller: yes, look at the 9/11 commission reports. now it's they are writing bills right and left because they have a strangal hold on both parties of congress. host:...
263
263
Dec 31, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 263
favorite 0
quote 1
like hounshell, thank you for being on "washington journal." when me come back, we continue our discussion with a defining event of 2009 with carl cannon and robert schlesinger. @÷ >> fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest this weekend on "book tv." she is the author of four books including "culture of corruption." part of a three-day new year's weekend. >> that is not the business and judges are in. we are not here to make the law. we decide who wins under the law that was adopted. >> unprecedented conversations with 10 supreme court justices. tonight our interview with antonin scalia and ruth bader ginsburg. interviews with supreme court justices. get your own copy on dvd as part of c-span's icon to collection. >> there is less than one month to enter the c-span2 thousand 10 student -- 2010 studentcam video. highlight a problem that the country is facing. winning entries will be shown on c-span. host: for the next hour we will be talking about the funding the events of the decade with roberts lays in your and -- robert s. schlesin
like hounshell, thank you for being on "washington journal." when me come back, we continue our discussion with a defining event of 2009 with carl cannon and robert schlesinger. @÷ >> fox news contributor michelle malkin is our guest this weekend on "book tv." she is the author of four books including "culture of corruption." part of a three-day new year's weekend. >> that is not the business and judges are in. we are not here to make the law. we...
157
157
Dec 28, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 157
favorite 0
quote 0
my adviser has a site calledi should say that i do some work for the "washington post." more broadly, and scanning lots which covers african-american issues. of different news sites throughout the day, but not with any particular kind of structure. "huffington post." >> do you go to somebody on the other side politically? >>there is a site that i like that is called thenextright.com. i am guessing people in their '30's and '40's are simultaneously very committed to republicans, but i am actually politically moderate. there is a lot of overlap with folks like that. where i get lost with some of the republican rhetoric is around divisive stories. nygoing back to the election, what was most alienating in the election were these moments where people were talking about real americans. specifically sarah palin. i think of myself as being born in kenya, a name that may not show a lot in alaska, and i wonder if she is talking about denying me my american citizenship. when people talk in those kinds of terms, it is almost a declaration of war. that is very provocative and i find
my adviser has a site calledi should say that i do some work for the "washington post." more broadly, and scanning lots which covers african-american issues. of different news sites throughout the day, but not with any particular kind of structure. "huffington post." >> do you go to somebody on the other side politically? >>there is a site that i like that is called thenextright.com. i am guessing people in their '30's and '40's are simultaneously very committed...
209
209
Dec 3, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 209
favorite 0
quote 1
these plans collapsed, especially in rural areas, because washington, our wonderful people here in washington, decided to set artificially low payment rates. in fact, in utah, all medicare h.m.o.'s eventually ceased operations because they were operating in the red. and i fear history could repeat itself if we are not careful here. during the medicare modernization act conference, we mixed the problem. we increased reimbursement rates so that all medicare beneficiaries, regardless of where they live, be it in fillmore, utah, or new york city, had choice in coverage. again, we did not want beneficiaries stuck with a one-size-fits-all government plan, which, by the way, this monstrosity is. today, medicare advantage works. every medicare beneficiary has access to a medicare advantage plan if they so choose. one-quarter of them have so chosen and it has worked amazingly well. and close to 95% of medicare beneficiaries participating in the program are satisfied with their health coverage. but that could all change should this health care reform legislation currently being considered become law. c
these plans collapsed, especially in rural areas, because washington, our wonderful people here in washington, decided to set artificially low payment rates. in fact, in utah, all medicare h.m.o.'s eventually ceased operations because they were operating in the red. and i fear history could repeat itself if we are not careful here. during the medicare modernization act conference, we mixed the problem. we increased reimbursement rates so that all medicare beneficiaries, regardless of where they...
153
153
Dec 7, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 153
favorite 0
quote 0
"washington journal" live every day at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> this week the senate continues debate on the health care bill. see it all live on our companion network, c-span2, the only network with the whole debate on edited and commercial-free. to read the bills and to watch video on demand, go to c- span's healthcare hundred >> is his policies that had given us the longest and deepest recession. all it is prime minister thinks that we should be pathetically grateful for this long, deep recession.
"washington journal" live every day at 7:00 a.m. on c-span. >> this week the senate continues debate on the health care bill. see it all live on our companion network, c-span2, the only network with the whole debate on edited and commercial-free. to read the bills and to watch video on demand, go to c- span's healthcare hundred >> is his policies that had given us the longest and deepest recession. all it is prime minister thinks that we should be pathetically grateful for...
201
201
Dec 14, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 201
favorite 0
quote 0
so, not much was going on in washington. what was coming on was in the rest of the country, and monroe, like washington remember there was no television, no e-mail camano communications. the only means of communications with these newspapers, weekly newspapers that would come out weeks, often months late with the news. like washington, monroe did not won the presidency to become a markey with a monarch's sitting in his castle in a cocoon away from the people. he went out to meet the people and that's why he was so loved because he became a people president. he went out there into farmland, shook their hands, walked with them over their fields and became one of them as washington had done. these other presidents had sat in philadelphia and then later in washington as they do today, as to the congress men and women today. they sit in washington. they are isolated from people, they are not in touch with the people. monroe wanted to be in touch with the people, and as a result he found out what they wanted and provided for them.
so, not much was going on in washington. what was coming on was in the rest of the country, and monroe, like washington remember there was no television, no e-mail camano communications. the only means of communications with these newspapers, weekly newspapers that would come out weeks, often months late with the news. like washington, monroe did not won the presidency to become a markey with a monarch's sitting in his castle in a cocoon away from the people. he went out to meet the people and...
156
156
Dec 22, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 156
favorite 0
quote 0
i've been based in washington, d.c.. much of my career i was in washington, d.c.. it's 55 miles to dallas. were they commuting? most of the troops were out of baltimore but sometimes we had to fly out of dallas. i hate to fly out of the dw law because it was an hour-and-a-half drive and ifill was bad weather i was looking at a couple of hours if there was an ice storm. was on a commuter? i was based here. this is my domicile. as opposed we have so many ways somebody could show up for tea and it's difficult to put your arms are bound is it the fatigue or do we have a prescriptive rule that says you commute to come to have to be here 12 hours. we don't have any assurance if that 12 of ours was good rest. we don't have a way of measuring the quality of rest you got any more than we have of measuring i live here and i had a child of the midnight and it can to the emergency room at 2:00 in the morning and was due on the flight at eight. i have no business fleeing the flight but i'm not a commuter. so these are some of the difficulties we are faced with and the burden wo
i've been based in washington, d.c.. much of my career i was in washington, d.c.. it's 55 miles to dallas. were they commuting? most of the troops were out of baltimore but sometimes we had to fly out of dallas. i hate to fly out of the dw law because it was an hour-and-a-half drive and ifill was bad weather i was looking at a couple of hours if there was an ice storm. was on a commuter? i was based here. this is my domicile. as opposed we have so many ways somebody could show up for tea and...
164
164
Dec 28, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 164
favorite 0
quote 1
that is owned by the "washington post," and i do some work for them, also, so i follow them partly for personal reasons, partly for professional reasons. and throughout the day, not with any particular structure, but helping -- the huffington post, looking at blogs by professors. >> do you go to a conservative website? >> there is one called the next right, a blood, and it feels like people who are here. people in the 30's and 40's who are simultaneously very committed to this excess of republicans, but to my mind, i am quite moderate, so there is a lot of overlap. republican rhetoric is among the most divisive stories, so going back to the last election, what was most alienating in the election were these moments where palin in particular was talking are real americans, and i think of myself, to going in kenya, a name that may not show up a lot in alaska, and i wonder, if she'd talking about denying me my american citizenship, some out getting written out of the story? it is almost like a declaration of war. that to me is very provocative, a real challenge. so it is a definition of wh
that is owned by the "washington post," and i do some work for them, also, so i follow them partly for personal reasons, partly for professional reasons. and throughout the day, not with any particular structure, but helping -- the huffington post, looking at blogs by professors. >> do you go to a conservative website? >> there is one called the next right, a blood, and it feels like people who are here. people in the 30's and 40's who are simultaneously very committed to...
171
171
Dec 12, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 171
favorite 0
quote 0
there had been warnings from the at least one fbi agent to washington about the concerns he had with the people who were getting the flight lessons and he was told, well that is above your pay grade. we have got it under control. and nobody did. it really worries me that that could ever happen again. one issue totally different, i mention this in my opening statements, the h2a worker bees up. worker visas. the fact that dairy farmers cannot use this program is a problem. it makes little since when you consider the reason for h2a worker visa programs. it is a problem in wisconsin, in a problem in every state that has the dairy industry. i have commented formerly to a rulemaking process and of its written to secretary solis about this. age to waive rules from sheepherders to obtain h2a visas, even though the job is exactly what prevent dairy farmers from obtaining workers and that is really not fair. i suggested we-- i'm not with suggesting we cut it from them but to encourage the labor department to make the rules necessary on the h2a program. >> mr. chair, yes and we have been workin
there had been warnings from the at least one fbi agent to washington about the concerns he had with the people who were getting the flight lessons and he was told, well that is above your pay grade. we have got it under control. and nobody did. it really worries me that that could ever happen again. one issue totally different, i mention this in my opening statements, the h2a worker bees up. worker visas. the fact that dairy farmers cannot use this program is a problem. it makes little since...
209
209
Dec 13, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 209
favorite 0
quote 0
politics and prose bookstore in washington d.c. hosts this hour-long event. >> good evening everyone. my name is connor. on behalf of the owners of politics and prose, welcome tonight in thank you ulfer. we have a few house cupping things before we get started. first is that everyone but silence or turn off their cell phones. we don't want carmon to be interrupted this evening. that goes for carmon too if you have it and also if you need books after the event they are located on the table in front of the store by the front doors, so you can have up there for your book. because we have c-span with us this evening, we have a
politics and prose bookstore in washington d.c. hosts this hour-long event. >> good evening everyone. my name is connor. on behalf of the owners of politics and prose, welcome tonight in thank you ulfer. we have a few house cupping things before we get started. first is that everyone but silence or turn off their cell phones. we don't want carmon to be interrupted this evening. that goes for carmon too if you have it and also if you need books after the event they are located on the table...
143
143
Dec 15, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 143
favorite 0
quote 0
"washington journal" continues. host: jim carr is chief operating officer for the national community reinvestment coalition here to talk about refinancing mortgages, particularly those who are under water in trouble with their mortgage. i wanted to point out a chart in sunday's "the new york times" about interest rates. low, low rates is their charred. -- chart. the peak in the mid navies -- mid-1980s and the 1990's, and now interest rates are at historic lows, going back to world war ii. why can't folks get refinancing with rates so low? guest: there are a number of reasons, bill. first and foremost, the number of households under water, meaning the mortgages are currently worth more than the actual value of the homes is at a historic high. that is a major problem. in addition, the lenders have not really tightened up in terms of what they require for consumers to actually -- have really tightened up in terms of what the required. we've gone from reckless, irresponsible lending where consumers didn't have to provid
"washington journal" continues. host: jim carr is chief operating officer for the national community reinvestment coalition here to talk about refinancing mortgages, particularly those who are under water in trouble with their mortgage. i wanted to point out a chart in sunday's "the new york times" about interest rates. low, low rates is their charred. -- chart. the peak in the mid navies -- mid-1980s and the 1990's, and now interest rates are at historic lows, going back to...
213
213
Dec 25, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 213
favorite 0
quote 0
some of the best ideas for confronting these big challenges are not being bought up in washington. i know this is a shock. they are being driven from the grassroots, from communities all over the country. one of the things that we did this past year, an idea that has been bubbling over time, in the serve america act is to include a social innovation fund. the idea was that the government can join with the private sector in the philanthropic sector to provide capital to help those organizations that have proven that they can be effective and they need to scale. the need to either provide additional services or to move across the state or around the country. we were talking about teach for america. but about that many years ago before it started to move all over the country. by doing that, we have social entrepreneurs were coming up with ideas and their communities and getting us the support they need from the private sector and from the government to scale up because we know that the solutions they bring to the table are effected. i said yesterday and this is the last leg i will say
some of the best ideas for confronting these big challenges are not being bought up in washington. i know this is a shock. they are being driven from the grassroots, from communities all over the country. one of the things that we did this past year, an idea that has been bubbling over time, in the serve america act is to include a social innovation fund. the idea was that the government can join with the private sector in the philanthropic sector to provide capital to help those organizations...
74
74
Dec 4, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 74
favorite 0
quote 0
these bureaucracies in washington impose upon all of us. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. hatch: i yield the floor. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i know the senator from rhode island wishes to speak very shortly, and i will yield to him very shortly when he is present on the floor, but i did want to react to two points that were made by the very distinguished senator from utah, and i say that with true sincerity. he has been a friend to me since i have been in the senate. he sets a very valuable standard in this institution for collegiality and dignity and bipartisanship and scholarliness, and he comes from an extremely distinguished career prior to his distinguished career in the senate as a lawyer, a leader of the utah bar. so -- but i do think that as much -- as easy as it is to make fun of a 2,074-page bill, the house bill, which is not significantly different in scale from this bill, was reviewed, and if you look at the substantive language
these bureaucracies in washington impose upon all of us. the presiding officer: the senator's time has expired. mr. hatch: i yield the floor. mr. whitehouse: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from rhode island. mr. whitehouse: i know the senator from rhode island wishes to speak very shortly, and i will yield to him very shortly when he is present on the floor, but i did want to react to two points that were made by the very distinguished senator from utah, and i say that with...
117
117
Dec 7, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 117
favorite 0
quote 0
that was clearly -- i was one of many "washington post" reporters. i was anonymous. i was not much of anything and then i got the job and everything changed. >> but at some point along the way, "tipping point" sold a million copies at least. and then "blink" and "outliers,"something happened where people are anxious to get that next book that you write. >> there is this thing where people get comfortable with the way that you look at the world. i loved that book of a "freakonomics." it was a distinctive way of looking at the world. it was an economist and journalist who combines storytelling. it shed a light on things that you never thought that economists would have interesting things to say about. i read that book and loved it. the new one comes along, i'd buy it. why? that way of looking in the book -- they have won me over to their particular perspective. it is so -- i will not get it anywhere else. i am delighted to have another go with them, hoping for another ride with them. part of what is happening with me is that people read "tipping point", and even if the
that was clearly -- i was one of many "washington post" reporters. i was anonymous. i was not much of anything and then i got the job and everything changed. >> but at some point along the way, "tipping point" sold a million copies at least. and then "blink" and "outliers,"something happened where people are anxious to get that next book that you write. >> there is this thing where people get comfortable with the way that you look at the...
181
181
Dec 7, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 181
favorite 0
quote 0
up next live, your phone calls and comments on "washington journal." the u.s. house of record of of this begins the working day with general speeches. -- house of representatives begins the working day with general speeches. >> this week, the senate continues debate on health care bill. see it all live on our companion network, cspan 2, the only network with a full debate. to read the senate bill and the house version, and to watch a video on demand, go to c- span.org/healthcare. we will talk about the greenback this morning. and then we will discuss president barack obama's strategy and afghanistan. after that,idi we will preview
up next live, your phone calls and comments on "washington journal." the u.s. house of record of of this begins the working day with general speeches. -- house of representatives begins the working day with general speeches. >> this week, the senate continues debate on health care bill. see it all live on our companion network, cspan 2, the only network with a full debate. to read the senate bill and the house version, and to watch a video on demand, go to c-...
186
186
Dec 21, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 186
favorite 0
quote 0
all over northern idaho, all over eastern washington. and, you know, this land was something -- my mother always told me it was part of my birthright as an american citizen and so -- that's what we really owe this president. it's also interesting to think accidents, quirks of history -- what if this fire hadn't happened? the forest service had been killed and they were very close to killing it. don't fool yourself. they had basically defunded this down basically down to nothing. and how low the morale and people were quitting and they felt disrespected and unsupported in washington. they were very close, what if this fire hadn't happened? what if it hadn't changed the course of history? the national parks which you saw with the ken burns documentary, you know, are an important part of our heritage but a very small part of the public land domain. they are a fraction of what the forest service is. so that's why i feel absolutely in awe of roosevelt and pinchot himself who has, i think, gotten kind of a bad rap over the year, he is always j
all over northern idaho, all over eastern washington. and, you know, this land was something -- my mother always told me it was part of my birthright as an american citizen and so -- that's what we really owe this president. it's also interesting to think accidents, quirks of history -- what if this fire hadn't happened? the forest service had been killed and they were very close to killing it. don't fool yourself. they had basically defunded this down basically down to nothing. and how low the...
174
174
Dec 12, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 174
favorite 0
quote 0
i read "the washington post," "the washington times," the "wall street journal," aeupbd get clips from -- and i get clips from every newspaper in wyoming. and i get a couple of those newspapers complete. so i read a lot of news, but from a national perspective and one that's actually paying attention to what we're doing here, my favorite is the "wall street journal." earlier in the week i quoted from a cost article that i had found in the "wall street journal," and i was chastised for using them as a source. and then countered by a senator using wikepedia. you can go into wikepedia and you can do your own editing on that. i'm not sure that is a good source. i'd prefer to rely on the "wall street journal." there isn't any article or opinion that can't be quibbled with. that's just like the amendments we have here. but what i prefer to think is when an amendment or an article or a speech is given that we ought to be looking for the idea, the grain of truth, the juice of it that should be used, and we're not doing that right now. we're just doing amendments there and amendments here, and
i read "the washington post," "the washington times," the "wall street journal," aeupbd get clips from -- and i get clips from every newspaper in wyoming. and i get a couple of those newspapers complete. so i read a lot of news, but from a national perspective and one that's actually paying attention to what we're doing here, my favorite is the "wall street journal." earlier in the week i quoted from a cost article that i had found in the "wall...
123
123
Dec 27, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 123
favorite 0
quote 0
there were people in washington, indeed, people in london, who didn't want any mention of occupation or the occupying powers. and also the image of an occupation which was obviously in the context to middle east going to be compared with the israeli occupation of palestine and was by al-jazeera and the man on the street and the rest of the world. i remember advising london that it was sensible to have a mention of occupying powers because that made it clear under what body we would be acting and without that clarity, we might be confused ourselves and our fellow security council members might resist agreing to a resolution unless there was a clear mention of what the status was of the people in charge of the territory and london and washington decided that they would be the two that took the responsibility for that status of our presence in iraq. >> without 1483 and without that designation, it would have been questionable, would it, as to how far the coalition could set economic policy or decide on what institutions could be brought into use? >> actually with 1483, we were still sub
there were people in washington, indeed, people in london, who didn't want any mention of occupation or the occupying powers. and also the image of an occupation which was obviously in the context to middle east going to be compared with the israeli occupation of palestine and was by al-jazeera and the man on the street and the rest of the world. i remember advising london that it was sensible to have a mention of occupying powers because that made it clear under what body we would be acting...
204
204
Dec 31, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 204
favorite 0
quote 0
i do think states like california and washington is another good example, where it has been, california been through a bunch of election cycles, and pretty stable people who are early voters. you can't marginally change people who voter, despite great effort you can only move couple percent. those are states to watch will it stablize as 40 to 50%? will it be half and half proposition? the part of california i think is interesting that local election clerks like county clerk goes through just before election day and says, here's where the voting places are going to be. they also go through like six or eight weeks before are we voting by mail or is it going to be, they consolidate all the places, there is just not enough people geographically to make everybody go to city hall to cast a ballot so all those people vote by mail that will be interesting thing especially with contracting local budgets, that i think it will be interesting to see how that work out. >> is there any way to make sure that people actually vote themselves? i'm from austria. the discussion is always you husbands vote
i do think states like california and washington is another good example, where it has been, california been through a bunch of election cycles, and pretty stable people who are early voters. you can't marginally change people who voter, despite great effort you can only move couple percent. those are states to watch will it stablize as 40 to 50%? will it be half and half proposition? the part of california i think is interesting that local election clerks like county clerk goes through just...
268
268
Dec 8, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 268
favorite 0
quote 0
the story continues in a "the washington post." host: that is "the washington post." your thoughts -- pay down the debt or create jobs? the jobs . what kind of jobs? caller: yes, good morning. for certain, infrastructure. i also am very interested in the electric grid and anything that we can do to eliminate importing oil. there is plenty of avenues available if the people will get busy and start creating jobs. i don't feel it is that important to have money to pay down the debt just yet when people are working and paying taxes, that will also help pay down the debt. right now we need jobs. holst, when do you think the president should turn to the growing debt? caller: when our economy is up and running again. when people are back to work, and like i say, paying taxes. then we could turn to reducing the debt. host: raleigh, north carolina. another idea, what is it? caller: my impression is if the democratic plan goes through and it creates jobs, it will create a lot of low-paying jobs and markets are up and down, a lot of these people will lose the job state had creat
the story continues in a "the washington post." host: that is "the washington post." your thoughts -- pay down the debt or create jobs? the jobs . what kind of jobs? caller: yes, good morning. for certain, infrastructure. i also am very interested in the electric grid and anything that we can do to eliminate importing oil. there is plenty of avenues available if the people will get busy and start creating jobs. i don't feel it is that important to have money to pay down the...
324
324
Dec 29, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 324
favorite 0
quote 0
host: let's go to washington, d.c. democrats line. guesi caller: i want to address an objection to ambassador milam. he needs to distinguish between what is islam and what is to rescind terrorism happens -- what is terrorism. he says that most young muslims are terrorists. there are lots of young muslims, and i am a young muslim, are in a quandary right now because of what the west has created. you have created a very bad image of islam, and that goes all the way back to the crusades, the inquisition, whatever. you have to continue doing this, downgrading the religion. -- have continued doing this, downgrading to religion. when the crusaders came in, we did not say this was a christian war. they are taking religion and using it as a tool, and you have to understand that is not the average muslim. and you say that pakistan encourages the taliban? i think it is the united states. we are the ones who encouraged the taliban and told them that this is a religious war, that it is in their religious interest to fight the soviets. we created
host: let's go to washington, d.c. democrats line. guesi caller: i want to address an objection to ambassador milam. he needs to distinguish between what is islam and what is to rescind terrorism happens -- what is terrorism. he says that most young muslims are terrorists. there are lots of young muslims, and i am a young muslim, are in a quandary right now because of what the west has created. you have created a very bad image of islam, and that goes all the way back to the crusades, the...
104
104
Dec 22, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 104
favorite 0
quote 0
last week, i flew -- on united -- [laughter] from chicago to washington. we connected to our triple 7, ended up in our star alliance meeting in brussels. we will start our direct nonstop flight from chicago to brussels in march. once in brussels, it will connect to africa and other destinations served by brussels airlines, which we welcomed into the store lines last week. i flew back last friday to chicago. it was one of our refurbished 67 aircraft, with our new seating and the best -- the very best -- business cabin configuration of any u.s. carrier. it is a great improvement. i know it is appreciated, by our customers and by our employees alike. we continue to strengthen our global and national service, as we did in october, to the partnership with continental we forge one united brought them into the star alliance. we added destinations, including new york and a significant presence in the caribbean from their hub in houston. this is the first time a major airline has shifted alliances. -- the benefits of the global alliance are important for our major
last week, i flew -- on united -- [laughter] from chicago to washington. we connected to our triple 7, ended up in our star alliance meeting in brussels. we will start our direct nonstop flight from chicago to brussels in march. once in brussels, it will connect to africa and other destinations served by brussels airlines, which we welcomed into the store lines last week. i flew back last friday to chicago. it was one of our refurbished 67 aircraft, with our new seating and the best -- the very...
144
144
Dec 28, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 144
favorite 0
quote 1
solutions -- made-in-washington solutions. a structure so that members solve the problem will in fact address the credibility issue, and quite frankly, legislation comes out of any such task force gets through congress, get signed by the president, we will have among the most dedicated sales and you can imagine on the president -- on the planet, which are members of congress running for reelection explaining why they voted for this. president of the united states -- any president we have noticed does have the ability to reach the american people. i do not see the need in this menu to supplement the ability to reach out to the american people. i think that gets taken care of automatically. credibility is restored. the outreach is there. i think the harder question, as i said, is about the composition and whether you bring the administration in not. the goal is to have a nice level by partisan playing field so you can go out with very tough problems. there is no bigger input then the president of the united states, and you will
solutions -- made-in-washington solutions. a structure so that members solve the problem will in fact address the credibility issue, and quite frankly, legislation comes out of any such task force gets through congress, get signed by the president, we will have among the most dedicated sales and you can imagine on the president -- on the planet, which are members of congress running for reelection explaining why they voted for this. president of the united states -- any president we have...
1,218
1.2K
Dec 23, 2009
12/09
by
WETA
tv
eye 1,218
favorite 0
quote 0
this is e normal drill in washington. i think he'll be able to pl it o. >> brown: in fact, predent obama had talked abouthis dog this as early as may and then there were ports that it was taking a while to fil the position or figure out who the person would rept to. >> the's a dispute in the white house and in t administration i think that slowed thgs down. some pple think it's best to leave the inteet alone. let it be the wild west. t it continue to have a limited role for goverent and the intern community will find its way out of is prlem. don't happen to agree. i'm not surehere howard comes out this. >>rown: why don't you agree? >> because we've tried lting the internetommunity sve this. wee tried seeing if it was a self-organizing obal common. hasn worked. it's just like the wild west time to ve in the marshals. >> brown: now you talkedbout the top tier, i thk was what you said. governments. >> right. >> brown: you're talking abo cyber spying? >> yeah. this is a new form of espionage. the internets god's gift to spies
this is e normal drill in washington. i think he'll be able to pl it o. >> brown: in fact, predent obama had talked abouthis dog this as early as may and then there were ports that it was taking a while to fil the position or figure out who the person would rept to. >> the's a dispute in the white house and in t administration i think that slowed thgs down. some pple think it's best to leave the inteet alone. let it be the wild west. t it continue to have a limited role for goverent...
268
268
Dec 25, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 268
favorite 0
quote 0
i wish everyone in washington d.c. would read it. host: here is a look at one of the authors. >> we make progress as a society where everybody pursuing their own interests as soon as possible. he believed that is almost my duty as a citizen to pursue interests and fight for them. he thought that is what everyone should do. one of the exceptions is, he was deeply patriotic. he had three sons. he named them after his heroes -- george washington was one. and so when the civil war came around, he tried to? a large steamship's and given to the union navy. they said no. he was prickly. they never thought the war would last that long. the ship was expensive. so he ended up being forced against his will to lease it for large sums to the war department. host: t.j. stiles. you confine all kinds of video on our website. your favor nonfiction book of 2009. here is dennis in michigan. caller: merry christmas. there are a lot of nonfiction books the came out. i think the very best this year was "end the debt." or heard discussion about the differe
i wish everyone in washington d.c. would read it. host: here is a look at one of the authors. >> we make progress as a society where everybody pursuing their own interests as soon as possible. he believed that is almost my duty as a citizen to pursue interests and fight for them. he thought that is what everyone should do. one of the exceptions is, he was deeply patriotic. he had three sons. he named them after his heroes -- george washington was one. and so when the civil war came...
247
247
Dec 29, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 247
favorite 0
quote 0
but we do get out of washington. the workload is significantly reduced, get to spend a little more time with my family than was the case during -- as always the case during the sitting. >> thank you for spending almost an hour with us, chief justice. >> thank you very much. >> if you would like to own a copy of our original documentary, a three diisc set including "the capitol, the white house, the supreme court" you can order it at c-span.org/supremecourt. for more information go to c-span.th dol org/supremecourt. -- c-span.org/supremecourt. >> the nature of most human enterprises to ask yourself as an intraspeculative way, am i doing this the right way. >> all this week, a rare glimpse into america's highest court through conversations with 10 supreme court justice. interviews with supreme court justice, 8:00 a.m. eastern. and get your own copy on defend. it's part of c-span's american icon's selection. a three-disc set. it's available on c-span.org slashstore. a rare glimpse into america's highest court through on
but we do get out of washington. the workload is significantly reduced, get to spend a little more time with my family than was the case during -- as always the case during the sitting. >> thank you for spending almost an hour with us, chief justice. >> thank you very much. >> if you would like to own a copy of our original documentary, a three diisc set including "the capitol, the white house, the supreme court" you can order it at c-span.org/supremecourt. for more...
121
121
Dec 7, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 121
favorite 0
quote 1
the economic club of washington. thank you for the invitation and i am pleased to speak here. having faced the most serious financial crisis and the worst recession since the great depression, our economy has made important progress through the last year. although the economic stress faced by many families and businesses remains intense with job openings scarce and credit hard to come by, the financial system and the economy have moved back from the threat of collapse. economic growth has returned. the signs of recovery has become more widespread. understandably, in the situation as complex as this one, people have many questions about the current situation. accordingly, taking in spirit -- taking inspiration from the faq's, i would like to address four important questions about the federal reserve and economy. first, where is the economy headed? second, what is the reserve doing to support the economy and the financial system? third, will the federal reserve's activity lead to higher inflation down the road? fourth,
the economic club of washington. thank you for the invitation and i am pleased to speak here. having faced the most serious financial crisis and the worst recession since the great depression, our economy has made important progress through the last year. although the economic stress faced by many families and businesses remains intense with job openings scarce and credit hard to come by, the financial system and the economy have moved back from the threat of collapse. economic growth has...
174
174
Dec 20, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 174
favorite 0
quote 0
he came to washington. he was a memo the federal reserve board under alan greenspan. he worked a while for george bush in the white house as chairman of the council of economic advisers. and i think you really are two very simple answers. one is simply a failure of imagination. a lot of people have likened this to 9/11, and it is a metaphor that makes me uncomfortable because a lot of people died in 9/11 and this hasn't been that kind of event. there were people who said maybe someday some terrorist will seize an airplane, but really the people who defended our country did not think it possible that someone could commandeered three or four airplanes and fly them into the pentagon and the world trade center. this was a similar thing. it simply didn't occur to the people who were responsible for managing the financial system that so much of the financial system could be built on a single premise, that turned out to be wrong. that housing prices across the united states will not fall everywhere. we might have the balls in one community or another but they wouldn't fall e
he came to washington. he was a memo the federal reserve board under alan greenspan. he worked a while for george bush in the white house as chairman of the council of economic advisers. and i think you really are two very simple answers. one is simply a failure of imagination. a lot of people have likened this to 9/11, and it is a metaphor that makes me uncomfortable because a lot of people died in 9/11 and this hasn't been that kind of event. there were people who said maybe someday some...
179
179
Dec 6, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 179
favorite 0
quote 0
just one can make a difference. >> thank you, senator. >> "the washington post" talking about aarp, said the group collected royal tease and fees last year from the sale of policies, credit cards, and other products that carry the aarp name. >> the aarp executive would naturally fall under the lincoln amendment? >> absolutely, because it says a majority that the $1.4 billion in revenues, according to the tax records, were made up of the sale of these insurance products. >> i think the senator from north carolina made an excellent point. consistency would require that aarp would be included in this amendment if the amendment goes forward. i hope the amendment doesn't pass, but clearly it should be significant. it was not scapt because of some deal that was cut. would that be the implication here? >> the senator from utah? >> senator mccain, if i might interrupt, if i might ask unanimous consent to consider the consolidated financial statements of aarp. they are the fifth largest insurance sales in the country. >> without objection. >> mr. president, i have enjoyed this con colloquy. i hav
just one can make a difference. >> thank you, senator. >> "the washington post" talking about aarp, said the group collected royal tease and fees last year from the sale of policies, credit cards, and other products that carry the aarp name. >> the aarp executive would naturally fall under the lincoln amendment? >> absolutely, because it says a majority that the $1.4 billion in revenues, according to the tax records, were made up of the sale of these insurance...
210
210
Dec 7, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 210
favorite 0
quote 0
our leaders in washington need to stop being ideas. these are not a run-of-the-mill criminals. -- are leaders need to stop being naiive. these are enemy combatants. our enemies are k.s.m, hamas, hezbollah, the taliban, the bureaucrats in iran, some of those leaders in saudi arabia and others. i had the honor of serving in the u.s. navy 11 years after a military scholarship. the whole time i never once felt hyphenated or labeled. i served proudly as an american. let us not to give this platform to al qaeda and mohammad. let us not give that to them. we formed the american islamic form for democracy to build a future of our faith that is not in conflict with liberty, or democracy. this is a clear and present danger to muslims in the free practice of islam. after the fort hood massacre, despite what was presented as the overwhelming concern, most american muslims actually asked not about what would happen to us but about how we could prevent the next attack. that is what we are dedicated to. it is time for congress to formally declared wa
our leaders in washington need to stop being ideas. these are not a run-of-the-mill criminals. -- are leaders need to stop being naiive. these are enemy combatants. our enemies are k.s.m, hamas, hezbollah, the taliban, the bureaucrats in iran, some of those leaders in saudi arabia and others. i had the honor of serving in the u.s. navy 11 years after a military scholarship. the whole time i never once felt hyphenated or labeled. i served proudly as an american. let us not to give this platform...
140
140
Dec 26, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 140
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> i am going to say what i said at washington and lee shortly after -- just before he left office. i was giving a talk and there was a dinner with contributors. they were asking me not as a conservative but as a historian. what about this guy? very - group of people. i said, if presidents are stocks, buy george w. bush. if it moves at all it is going to go up. it cannot go down. i said more seriously, look at grant. he was in the cellar for 100 years and he did not deserve to be there. he was put there by elite historians like henry adams to thought he used the wrong forks, he was put there by a completely converted racists who were the dunning school and they were southerners and it was "the birth of a nation" with footnotes. the insurgents one. i think bush, we will see. he made it possible for the insurgents to lose in his war. >> barack obama? >> i went down to the inauguration. i was doing that for "the newshour." there was a historic quality to that which can never be taken away. it is one thing but it is a very important thing. the quality became more real because he was ele
. >> i am going to say what i said at washington and lee shortly after -- just before he left office. i was giving a talk and there was a dinner with contributors. they were asking me not as a conservative but as a historian. what about this guy? very - group of people. i said, if presidents are stocks, buy george w. bush. if it moves at all it is going to go up. it cannot go down. i said more seriously, look at grant. he was in the cellar for 100 years and he did not deserve to be there....
172
172
Dec 14, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 172
favorite 0
quote 0
he may have seen a piece on that in "the washington post" and the number one place is manhattan. if you want today or look for somebody, manhattan. says this has a lot of downside in our culture. if you listen to what people listen to today to give you a few of the cleaned up their acts that i can. [laughter] copper roach, a broken home, i know my mother loves me but does my father even care? boeing 182. stay together for the kids say. what stood poem could fix this home? i read it every day could charlotte that is actually from their land. recapped dad's room his things were gone we did not see him no more. i played my family there damages in me. this is a revolution with the family but a revolution where it is some serious policy consequences. i don't think we have dealt with that it is an important demographic reality and that would be a big story in and of itself program and we have a gay-rights revolution. and sometimes we forget how big a base storey this is. but 2003, new year's day, we'll get the newspaper story, who is the first baby born in the state? 2000 at three dawn
he may have seen a piece on that in "the washington post" and the number one place is manhattan. if you want today or look for somebody, manhattan. says this has a lot of downside in our culture. if you listen to what people listen to today to give you a few of the cleaned up their acts that i can. [laughter] copper roach, a broken home, i know my mother loves me but does my father even care? boeing 182. stay together for the kids say. what stood poem could fix this home? i read it...
160
160
Dec 27, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 160
favorite 0
quote 0
smith goes to washington? i think they should do that. i guess the underlying question is why do senators like filibuster's so much? why do even minority -- why do the majority centers like it? why is it hard to get rid of? the main reason is a durham powers the higher the threshold that's 60 vote threshold gives individual senators enormous power, and this would decrease their individual power to do it. still there was a time when this was a big public issue for democrats, this was something. joe lieberman for example when he was a freshman senator was signed on to a campaign to abolish the filibuster. i think that that senators attachment to the filibuster could be overcome by a concerted campaign to persuade them to do eight. >> there was also a time it was 66 votes were i think required instead of 67 would be a further argument. i have a small question of what difference will question a big question. in one of your essays about pennsylvania during the primary season, you mentioned a "new york times" editorial that was very critical of
smith goes to washington? i think they should do that. i guess the underlying question is why do senators like filibuster's so much? why do even minority -- why do the majority centers like it? why is it hard to get rid of? the main reason is a durham powers the higher the threshold that's 60 vote threshold gives individual senators enormous power, and this would decrease their individual power to do it. still there was a time when this was a big public issue for democrats, this was something....
217
217
Dec 13, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 217
favorite 0
quote 0
. >> the supreme court historical society hosted this discussion on tuesday in washington d.c.. you can watch this program again or other recent programs at c- span.org. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: madam president, i -- i rise to speak on the bill -- the pending bill before us. one of the great pork barrel earmark-billed pieces of legislation that i seen come before this body. i'd like to quote from abc news by jonathan carl and def inn -- devin pryor, this is the season of pork, i quote -- "before returning to their -- excuse me. "just weeks before returning to their districts for christmas, congress is poised to give the gift of pork, roughly $4 billion of it. more than 5,000 earmarks were included in the $447 billion omnibus bill, funding pet projects of key members of congress from both parties in all regions of the country. senate will vote on the bill this weekend. independent analysis of the bill reveal a whopping 12% increase in government spending for 2010 while the inflation rate in the country remains near z
. >> the supreme court historical society hosted this discussion on tuesday in washington d.c.. you can watch this program again or other recent programs at c- span.org. a senator: madam president? the presiding officer: the senator from arizona. mr. mccain: madam president, i -- i rise to speak on the bill -- the pending bill before us. one of the great pork barrel earmark-billed pieces of legislation that i seen come before this body. i'd like to quote from abc news by jonathan carl and...
207
207
Dec 27, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 207
favorite 0
quote 0
or anything that represented washington, and i don't think you can get any farther away from washington than andy warhol. so this actually was tremendously effective for carter in raising money. it actually was credited, he credited it himself as being one of the financial turn arounds of his entire presidential campaign, selling these andy warhol prints. >> now, your day job you're a political strategist. do you ever tell your clients to invoke a celebrity endorsement? >> no, i really stay away from that. but, you know, in -- we live sort of in the age where obama and oprah were a team, and mike huckabee and chuck norris were a team. so it doesn't matter whether you're democrat or republican, i think both sides are very involved with hollywood and celebrity. >> jason killian meath, thank you so much. >> i say my job at fox news is to keep company materials because it really is, and i say that to young people. every once in a while fox will send me out to talk to a college campus somewhere. i'd rather go to kandahar, quite frankly. [laughter] and i'll say to young people i keep company
or anything that represented washington, and i don't think you can get any farther away from washington than andy warhol. so this actually was tremendously effective for carter in raising money. it actually was credited, he credited it himself as being one of the financial turn arounds of his entire presidential campaign, selling these andy warhol prints. >> now, your day job you're a political strategist. do you ever tell your clients to invoke a celebrity endorsement? >> no, i...
170
170
tv
eye 170
favorite 0
quote 0
kent, washington, hello. >> caller: hello. my question is to your panel, i have a professional degree. and training and development. i have a bachelor's degree in management. they are talking about retooling. a person -- how do i retool myself to get back into the job force? i have been out of a job almost would years now. >> larry: tony? >> i think that -- again, you don't have a choice. i mean, i think that's -- we have to come to the reality of. the old school in a different season where everything is going well, you have no choice. okay, i can go back to the old job. if that old job isn't there you don't have a choice. what you have to find is make a decision within yourself that says maybe life isn't happening to me. maybe this is happening for me. as corny as that sounds. maybe there will be a benefit here. if it is a winter i have to prepare myself, protect my family, and create a future. i have to find an advantage. i can't tell thank you people that i know who came to the worst situation you about as a result of that,
kent, washington, hello. >> caller: hello. my question is to your panel, i have a professional degree. and training and development. i have a bachelor's degree in management. they are talking about retooling. a person -- how do i retool myself to get back into the job force? i have been out of a job almost would years now. >> larry: tony? >> i think that -- again, you don't have a choice. i mean, i think that's -- we have to come to the reality of. the old school in a...
150
150
Dec 27, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 150
favorite 0
quote 0
shortly after reading the book i went to a meeting in washington d.c. of the last graduating class of american high-school in shanghai purposes the men and women met there i graduated before world war ii i fell for the first time in many years like again on to new in the room and in any case the graduates could not have been any nazer brass of i have read the book and then warned me not to believe everything he said. having come to this conclusion on my own i was discussing we proud of myself parker early research aside to help to do in this book was find out who chang known as an angel by some and as the dragon lady by others really was. the historical information was fairly easy to dig out. but the motivation behind her accomplishments and mistakes was not. the only guy i found to menem's personal life is in the archives of wellesley college which she attended for four years and i attended for only two. these are letters between the young women known before her marriage as sung and her best friend, a girl named minnesota bills to she continue to have
shortly after reading the book i went to a meeting in washington d.c. of the last graduating class of american high-school in shanghai purposes the men and women met there i graduated before world war ii i fell for the first time in many years like again on to new in the room and in any case the graduates could not have been any nazer brass of i have read the book and then warned me not to believe everything he said. having come to this conclusion on my own i was discussing we proud of myself...
191
191
Dec 6, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 191
favorite 0
quote 0
some experts to jam who is the editor of the big money which is part of the state's grip on it by the washington post. jan ran some of these experts. the next day i received a call from the new york publishing house asking if i would be interested in working with them on a textbook. so i did not have to handle that one. i called my son and said, why don't you find out what i am supposed to do next. long story is brought very quickly to an end. i was able to get an agent in new york. he looked at the various entries and said you really have to do a lot of research. my father wrote them helter-skelter. so jim and i had already started off working together. i said would you be interested in and joining me in this endeavor. thank goodness he said yes. it started to work together. we were very happy when a we got a particular publishing house. we have a great group. this is the end result, and these only came on the market last tuesday. it's already receiving national attention. we are thrilled to say the least. >> there was another question. >> we thought the greed of wall street's was behind us. th
some experts to jam who is the editor of the big money which is part of the state's grip on it by the washington post. jan ran some of these experts. the next day i received a call from the new york publishing house asking if i would be interested in working with them on a textbook. so i did not have to handle that one. i called my son and said, why don't you find out what i am supposed to do next. long story is brought very quickly to an end. i was able to get an agent in new york. he looked...
224
224
Dec 16, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 224
favorite 0
quote 0
there have been warnings from at least one fbi agent to washington about concerns he had with the people getting flight lessons and he was told that is above toward a great. we've got it under control and nobody -- nobody did, and it really worries me that could ever happen again. one issue totally different which i hope you can help and i mention this in my opening statement, the age to a agricultural worker visas, i would like to have the bill go to dairy farm workers. the fact that the dairy farmers can't use this program is a problem. it makes no sense when you consider the reason for each age to a visa program. it's not just vermont, it is a problem when wisconsin and every state that has a very industry. i've commented the department of labor's rulemaking process secretary solis about this, each way the rules permit on the western range to obtain the visas even though the jobs are exactly would prevent the dairy farmers from taking workers and that is really not fair, not suggesting we cut off from them by any means, but when you get serious consideration addressing this issue as t
there have been warnings from at least one fbi agent to washington about concerns he had with the people getting flight lessons and he was told that is above toward a great. we've got it under control and nobody -- nobody did, and it really worries me that could ever happen again. one issue totally different which i hope you can help and i mention this in my opening statement, the age to a agricultural worker visas, i would like to have the bill go to dairy farm workers. the fact that the dairy...
129
129
Dec 16, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 129
favorite 0
quote 0
one of the few institutions in washington that seems to function as it was intended. alice, i wonder if you could speak a little bit about what makes this deficit reduction set of proposals different from all the other deficit reduction set of proposals to which your name has been affixed over the last 25 years? [laughter] >> more than 25. yes, i can. i think it is the urgency of the problem and the shift in focus from the deficit to the debt. obviously, they are related. the debt is the sum total of the deficit. but those of us who have been talking about deficit reduction for a long time have pointed out that in the future we are on an unsustainable course. we have made promises under medicare and medicaid and social security that on any reasonable set of assumptions will exceed the revenue available from current tax laws. so there's an impending problem. but that problem was always very far in the future. now it's upon us. and the other thing that's happened is that while we talked about the future problems of deficits, the current debt level in relation to g.d.p.
one of the few institutions in washington that seems to function as it was intended. alice, i wonder if you could speak a little bit about what makes this deficit reduction set of proposals different from all the other deficit reduction set of proposals to which your name has been affixed over the last 25 years? [laughter] >> more than 25. yes, i can. i think it is the urgency of the problem and the shift in focus from the deficit to the debt. obviously, they are related. the debt is the...
298
298
Dec 26, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 298
favorite 0
quote 0
welcome to the "washington journal." caller: yes. thank you. first i think it's ironic that all the black people calling this morning are calling sailing they are for racial profiling. but the ma sod, we were attacked because of our support of israel and the palestinians. host: christine, do you have any evidence of that? caller: yes, look at the 9/11 commission reports. now it's they are writing bills right and left because they have a strangal hold on both parties of congress. host: we're going to leave it there. she is starting to go off the rail. on our line for independents. go ahead. caller: you can look at what motivated highjackers at american highjack.com. host: in o'needa our line for democrats. caller: good morning. we're talking on the subject of hometown grill off here and all the things -- home homeland security we've learned we really haven't done no such secure this country. now i wonder if you're aware of executive order 12425 signed by your president last week that to me, we're going in the wrong direction. this executive orde
welcome to the "washington journal." caller: yes. thank you. first i think it's ironic that all the black people calling this morning are calling sailing they are for racial profiling. but the ma sod, we were attacked because of our support of israel and the palestinians. host: christine, do you have any evidence of that? caller: yes, look at the 9/11 commission reports. now it's they are writing bills right and left because they have a strangal hold on both parties of congress. host:...
298
298
Dec 29, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 298
favorite 0
quote 0
i think it is the prettiest building in washington. it is distinctive. a lot of the buildings in washington, obviously the capital is the brand building. this is a different type of marble. it is much brighter and much lighter than the typical government building. as soon as you see it, you appreciate that this is something different. it looks a lot like the jefferson memorial or the lincoln memorial in terms of its visual impact than the it does and other government building -- the bennett does and other government building -- a ban it does another -- than it does another government building. >> do you think that it suits the work that is done here? >> it is a grand looking building. i am not sure that people thought that type of monumental structure was appropriate. i do think that is suitable that we are not involved in the political process. we are applying the law. it is bound by the rule of law by a written constitution. you need to appreciate that it is something different that is going on here. you need to appreciate how important it is to our go
i think it is the prettiest building in washington. it is distinctive. a lot of the buildings in washington, obviously the capital is the brand building. this is a different type of marble. it is much brighter and much lighter than the typical government building. as soon as you see it, you appreciate that this is something different. it looks a lot like the jefferson memorial or the lincoln memorial in terms of its visual impact than the it does and other government building -- the bennett...
217
217
Dec 19, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 217
favorite 0
quote 0
to do from washington. and i heard them loudly and clearly. >> [inaudible] >> multistates. the reason is because when you -- pardon? >> [inaudible] >> well, it's up to the o.p.m. to negotiate the best deal that they can. we trust them to glorkt our plan. i have to trust them to negotiate a good plan there. they are in charge of that. there won't be any effort to try to shade this. o.p.m. won't attempt to do that. they don't have a policy interest here. they have an administrative interest here. >> [inaudible] >> tell me when we're going home, then i'll tell you. >> [inaudible] >> then i'll be watching for santa claus to come down my criminalny back here if that's the case. i -- criminalny back here if that's the case. -- chimney back here if that's the case. i hope to be home. thank you, everyone. >> [inaudible] >> i think what happened is my chief of staff and i basically developed this idea. let's offer at least choice here between this plan and that plan and if they don't like riders, if they got a polic
to do from washington. and i heard them loudly and clearly. >> [inaudible] >> multistates. the reason is because when you -- pardon? >> [inaudible] >> well, it's up to the o.p.m. to negotiate the best deal that they can. we trust them to glorkt our plan. i have to trust them to negotiate a good plan there. they are in charge of that. there won't be any effort to try to shade this. o.p.m. won't attempt to do that. they don't have a policy interest here. they have an...
227
227
Dec 26, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 227
favorite 0
quote 1
. >> i am going to say what i said at washington and lee shortly after -- just before he left office. i was giving a talk and there was a dinner with contributors. they were asking me not as a conservative but as a historian. what about this guy? very - group of people. i said, if presidents are stocks, buy george w. bush. if it moves at all it is going to go up. it cannot go down. i said more seriously, look at grant. he was in the cellar for 100 years and he did not deserve to be there. he was put there by elite historians like henry adams to thought he used the wrong forks, he was put there by a completely converted racists who were the dunning school and they were southerners and it was "the birth of a nation" with footnotes. the insurgents one. i think bush, we will see. he made it possible for the insurgents to lose in his war. >> barack obama? >> i went down to the inauguration. i was doing that for "the newshour." there was a historic quality to that which can never be taken away. it is one thing but it is a very important thing. the quality became more real because he was ele
. >> i am going to say what i said at washington and lee shortly after -- just before he left office. i was giving a talk and there was a dinner with contributors. they were asking me not as a conservative but as a historian. what about this guy? very - group of people. i said, if presidents are stocks, buy george w. bush. if it moves at all it is going to go up. it cannot go down. i said more seriously, look at grant. he was in the cellar for 100 years and he did not deserve to be there....
156
156
Dec 24, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN
tv
eye 156
favorite 0
quote 0
in all of washington. i fly into west virginia almost never on a jet. i serve myself champagne if i'm actually at the end of a jet. we just do not have those. i am always worried about the icing thing. we have a lot of bad weather in those hills. but what i want to say is what i said at the beginning, that the nature of this committee has changed on all fronts, on all subjects. it ended yesterday -- and it used to be a sort of go along tie committee, keep the trains running, the plane's running. we are not that now. we are delving into -- we have a crew of investigative lawyers who report just to me. they can go anywhere they want and uncover any wrongdoing they want and they have access -- they use the subpoena power free the. -- freely. that is what we do. we are fighting for people here. this is not a statement to you. it is a statement to everybody. we care, first and foremost, about consumers and their safety. and we understand we are in economic difficulties. we understand that every corporation that
in all of washington. i fly into west virginia almost never on a jet. i serve myself champagne if i'm actually at the end of a jet. we just do not have those. i am always worried about the icing thing. we have a lot of bad weather in those hills. but what i want to say is what i said at the beginning, that the nature of this committee has changed on all fronts, on all subjects. it ended yesterday -- and it used to be a sort of go along tie committee, keep the trains running, the plane's...
199
199
Dec 14, 2009
12/09
by
CSPAN2
tv
eye 199
favorite 0
quote 0
there was all property of the federal government and she was supposed to send roth, undeveloped film to washington. they distributed free of charge to media but they decided what to distribute and what they considered acceptable to the mainstream. a few years later, when she tried it once again to do something that she controlled she defied not only the u.s. government and unanimous public opinion but the organized left two which many friends be launched in the art risque opposition to the internment of japanese-americans, which i don't have time to go into now but i will let you know, , if you are interested, that is a few years back. with norton i also put out date of photography book of a collection called impounded and it is about impounded people also that her photographs were it impounded by the west's army. now i want to turn to the photography itself. at the outset photographer's assignment are to illustrate american agriculture to make pictures of falling apart barnes, a soil erosion, the dust bowl of the new and old farming methods. lange would influence the hold legacies through portrai
there was all property of the federal government and she was supposed to send roth, undeveloped film to washington. they distributed free of charge to media but they decided what to distribute and what they considered acceptable to the mainstream. a few years later, when she tried it once again to do something that she controlled she defied not only the u.s. government and unanimous public opinion but the organized left two which many friends be launched in the art risque opposition to the...